Los Angeles Times For nearly 40 minutes, Hawaii thought the end was near. Why did it take so long to learn it was a mistake? Los Angeles Times It was a nice morning on the Big Island of Hawaii as Kevin and Pamela Spitze drove to an art show in Hilo when the words popped up on Kevin's cellphone screen: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.” Then it added for ... How emergency alerts are supposed to happen; what went wrong in HawaiiCNN Hawaii missile alert test goes wrong, terrifies the stateNBCNews.com A wave of panic rattles Hawaii after false missile alertABC News Honolulu Star-Advertiser -TIME -Chicago Tribune -Fox News all 781 news articles »